Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. FILE PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines 鈥� 鈥淒on鈥檛 make it personal.鈥�
Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. had this to say to Speaker Martin Romualdez, even as Teves said he was 鈥減owerless鈥� against those pushing for his expulsion from Congress.
鈥淢y message [to Romualdez] is, don鈥檛 make it personal. And they should remember, we鈥檙e all just humans. If they have dirt on me, they shouldn鈥檛 forget that I know many things [about them] too. I just don鈥檛 know how things will turn out if I reveal everything,鈥� Teves said.
He made the remarks in an interview over CNN Philippines on Tuesday.
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The Inquirer has reached out to Romualdez but he has yet to respond to a request for comment.
A day after the House ethics panel said it will recommend 鈥渟tiffer disciplinary action鈥� against him, Teves said the probe was 鈥渙ne-sided鈥� and that the House 鈥渃an鈥檛 impose anything鈥� on him.
However, the embattled lawmaker 鈥� who was recently charged for the murder of Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo 鈥� appealed to his colleagues not to push too far.
He maintained that the hearing of the House ethics committee last Monday was unfair and one-sided since he was not allowed to participate through video conferencing.